The Birth of a Musical - Following the path of "Assisted Living: The Musical"

Rick Compton, left, and Betsy Bennett joke with each other during a photo shoot at the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The local duo recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Scenes from the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett, a local performing duo, recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Betsy Bennett, left, and Rick Compton, perform during a photo shoot at the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The local duo recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Scenes from the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett, a local performing duo, recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Scenes from the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett, a local performing duo, recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Scenes from the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Rick Compton and Betsy Bennett, a local performing duo, recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

Betsy Bennett, left, and Rick Compton, perform during a photo shoot at the Compton & Bennett Studio in Golden Gate Estates on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. The local duo recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.Tristan Spinski/Staff

For 13 years, the play-writing, song-styling duo of Rick Compton & Betsy Bennett has prodded and poked, often times not so gently, Naples’ sacred cows in hopes of making you laugh. The pair’s latest satire, a cabaret-play hybrid titled "Assisted Living: The Musical!" takes on end-of-life issues.

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Betsy Bennett and Rick Compton in an early press photo for "Assisted Living: The Musical." Photo courtesy Compton & Bennett

For 15 years, the play-writing, song-styling duo of Betsy Bennett (left) and Rick Compton (right) has prodded and poked, often times not so gently, Naples’ sacred cows in hopes of making you laugh. The pair’s latest satire, a cabaret-play hybrid titled "Assisted Living: The Musical™" takes on end-of-life issues. Photo courtesy Compton & Bennett

This was the first poster for Compton & Bennett's ""Assisted Living: The Musical!" - the show is now on its third poster and fifth script. For 15 years, the play-writing, song-styling duo of Rick Compton & Betsy Bennett has prodded and poked, often times not so gently, Naples’ sacred cows in hopes of making you laugh. The pair’s latest satire, a cabaret-play hybrid titled "Assisted Living: The Musical!" takes on end-of-life issues. The local duo recently sold their musical, "Assisted Living", to a Broadway producer and are currently in re-writes before the show goes on tour this summer.

For 15 years, the play-writing, song-styling duo of Betsy Bennett (left) and Rick Compton (right) has prodded and poked, often times not so gently, Naples’ sacred cows in hopes of making you laugh. The pair’s latest satire, a cabaret-play hybrid titled "Assisted Living: The Musical™" takes on end-of-life issues. Photo courtesy Compton & Bennett